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Some people do depending on their trade of work lol. If Lawson was turning up with lawnmowers and ended up going R, 1, 0, R then I could understand the backlash, But he's scored the amount of points that was predicted for him and the dirty bikes didn't have any impact on the result. Lawson's dirty bikes aren't anything to worry about from a fan perspective but Hellstrom-Bangs form is, The Club can't afford to carry him when age has caught up with Scotty to a point where he's going to struggle to score anything around tracks that he'll have to ride at the business end of the season if Ipswich make the Top 4.....(Scotty's still a legend though)

Nick’s becoming the new Chris Harris with this guesting lark.🤔

Play-Down thing has gone way OTT in order to produce more meetings so they can make more Zloty's out of Canal. I'll never buy into a 5th Placed Ekstraliga Team being a serious relegation candidate as they'll need to lose 2 x Two-Legged Ties on the spin vs. Teams that finished below them in the table as well as another Two Legged Tie against a Team that wasn't even good enough to win the Ekstraliga 2. League.

Haven't got time to read through all the threads today so apologies if you have already answered this Mike but what was the crowd like in the end as remember you saying yesterday advance ticket sales weren't looking great ? If it was a dire crowd can't see it being good news for the sport generally when you consider best track in the country headed by two of the globes most exciting riders and still punters not turning up. I think this winters problems have unfortunately put a few more nails in the speedway box top sadly.

Fair point. I’m actually a Bradford fan from the early 70s onwards. And Odsal was definitely a good track. The Shay , Halifax was decent, especially when king Kenny was flying round it. I do go to Belle Vue occasionally though, mainly because I couldn’t stomach watching Jack Holder at Sheffield 😁

Plymouth are going to be doing a behind the scenes documentary that on the face of the preview looks really good and likely to give a real good insight to speedway both with Plymouth and the wider British speedway. could be a game changer for the sport if used and marketed correctly from people other than just Plymouth.

I don't think he turns up beaten before he starts - 30 wins out of 130ish rides there, suggests he was down on what he should get. However he's never as good on a slick track and did have poor gate positions in his first two and then up against K&B in his third. This is what makes a good team, covering for those having an off night.

Ipswich will be. They need to beat Northampton home OR away to be in the cup final.

@stewmac This rule is the reason I stated Leszno as relegation candidates and I stand by that. All teams with a full squad IMO would be: Play offs: Wroclaw Torun Lublin Falubaz Play down: Leszno Grudzaindz Stal Czestochowa That is also the league order I would guess. Especially now Anders will be out almost all of the season.

Northampton yes Lynn no

Nick Morris guesting for Riss on Wednesday, seems a good choice.

Some parts are permit only but they tend to be closer to the football stadium.

If no information is forthcoming before Wednesday’s meeting where is the best place to park? I used to park on the housing estate near the stadium if I couldn’t get into the stadium car park. Is this the best place still to park or is it now permit holders only?

Yes we at Ipswich absolutely loved gate and go it’s what we dream about Your pedantic patter around Belle Vue having the best track is rather tiresome …. We all know you have the best track yawn Your Tom??? Binned him and kept Blodorn lol

A track that time after time Bewley admits he loves riding Granted Ipswich isn’t a great track certainly not on the class of Belle Vue….. but like all tracks some riders rode better than others…. That’s why last season we struggled against kings Lynn at home as their riders can ride out place Belle Vue fans get very touchy when you mention they can’t ride Foxhall … but that’s speedway

It's because it's not the racing which attracts the numbers, nor is it cost alone. People need to feel they get value for money and have a good time when there. Not stand around disengaged - it's engagement which is key.

But it's the same as going into work with dirty shoes and clothes on

The Lawson bike talk really is moaning for the sake of moaning tbh. Lawson's Dirty Bikes -> 6 Points from 4 Rides.......Nicholls and Hellstrom-Bangs Clean Bikes -> 1+1 from 6 Rides. Clean/Dirty bikes really didn't make make a difference at all, Just got beat by the better team on the night.

Scott 10.71 Bowtell 9.41 Mulford 8.74 Ingram 5.18 Southwick 3.76 Whalley 2.00 Norman 2.00 Total -41.80

There is no way Louis would have had Lawson turn up with dirty bikes, he was a stickler for professionalism

No mainstream tv as well means reduced interest in the sport generally whether people like that or not

The issue is currently being worked on and the club will make an announcement with all the relevant information as soon as everything is confirmed. Taken from a message on OSSC chat

I know the rule, It's just a stupid rule that's been created to milk extra meetings out of the season, Not a chance half of the League are legit relegation candidates. For example say Zielona Gora finish 5th and miss out on the Play-Offs by 1 or 2 Points, Nobody can honestly think that they're a legit relegation candidate which is what the rule wants fans to believe.

The tedious attempts at points scoring with regards to attendance is all a bit pointless as NOBODY has any right to crow about their attendance as they are all rubbish. I few hundred more here or there is no kind of win for a sport that use to attract thousands. Sure discuss on track battles but with regards attendances we need to lose the me me me insular thinking of the previous guy and look at the bigger picture collectively. Given the well documented and well know issues at Belle Vue we are still the only club to have had support that allows us to remain in the top tier. Other clubs chop and change when their support drops off again and this impacts us in our league as we don’t know who we will be against from one year to another. Having said that I’m not expecting Ipswich to drop down again as Colman is a breath of fresh air when compared to the cartel member he rescued the club from. I think he will be a wonderful ally but hope he doesn’t alienate himself from the home crowd as the wind of change takes hold.

A game of two halves with the first being very gate’n’go that played into the witches hands given their preference for that type of heat (which I’m expecting to change with Colman onboard). Heat 8 onwards was terrific if you like racing and The Aces pulled away. Happy with the contribution from all Aces and pleased to see our Tom still mixing it. I thought we’d be outgunned at reserve but I’m happy with the 6-7 match up. Enjoyable but chilly night.